Missing in Action - Revision history

Timrollpickering: /* Production notes */ consistent spelling

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*As with most of the other stories included in the first Transformers Annual, "Missing in Action" was written largely to promote toys from the 1985 assortment currently available in stores that had not yet appeared in the ongoing comic, without regard for how it would fit into the larger UK comic continuity. By writer [[James Hill]]'s recollection, as recounted in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1\|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]], both it and "[[Hunted!]]" were written early in 1985, long before the 1985 characters featured in this story would be properly introduced by the US comic. Hill ~~rationalized~~ the appearance of these characters at the time with the presumption that "there was no reason why a few more Autobots couldn't be salted away in the bowels of [the Ark]," to be used as needed by stories.		*As with most of the other stories included in the first Transformers Annual, "Missing in Action" was written largely to promote toys from the 1985 assortment currently available in stores that had not yet appeared in the ongoing comic, without regard for how it would fit into the larger UK comic continuity. By writer [[James Hill]]'s recollection, as recounted in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1\|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]], both it and "[[Hunted!]]" were written early in 1985, long before the 1985 characters featured in this story would be properly introduced by the US comic. Hill rationalised the appearance of these characters at the time with the presumption that "there was no reason why a few more Autobots couldn't be salted away in the bowels of [the Ark]," to be used as needed by stories.
	*The artist for this story is uncredited, but a summary section included in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel\|Fallen Angel]]'' speculates that it is the work of [[John Stokes]], which Hill would confirm in his ''Classics UK'' interview.		*The artist for this story is uncredited, but a summary section included in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel\|Fallen Angel]]'' speculates that it is the work of [[John Stokes]], which Hill would confirm in his ''Classics UK'' interview.

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	===Cover===		===Cover===
	*'''Transformers Annual 1985:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], Jazz, Optimus Prime and [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]]. Artist ~~unknown~~.		*'''Transformers Annual 1985:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], Jazz, Optimus Prime and [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]]. Cover Artist [[John Higgins]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Transformers annual 1986.jpg\|'''Hardcover'''		File:Transformers annual 1986.jpg\|'''Hardcover'''

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	[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]		[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
	[[Category:~~Text~~ stories]]		[[Category:Marvel UK text stories]]

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	*On page 22, "It had been months before when J.D. and first, half-jokingly, suggested that the two perform a robbery." That should be "at first," not "and first."		*On page 22, "It had been months before when J.D. and first, half-jokingly, suggested that the two perform a robbery." That should be "at first," not "and first."
	*A few lines later, "that" is ~~mispelled~~ as "tht."		*A few lines later, "that" is misspelled as "tht".
	*Inferno has two hands in the illustration. His toy can have two fists as an option, but Inferno is depicted with a nozzle instead of a right fist in the vast majority of his fictional appearances.		*Inferno has two hands in the illustration. His toy can have two fists as an option, but Inferno is depicted with a nozzle instead of a right fist in the vast majority of his fictional appearances.
	*In the text, Mark and J.D. meet at Lou's Bar and proceed to rob a supermarket. However the illustration of J.D. holding up a place with a gun includes a sign that ends "...AR", indicating they are holding up a pub instead.		*In the text, Mark and J.D. meet at Lou's Bar and proceed to rob a supermarket. However the illustration of J.D. holding up a place with a gun includes a sign that ends "...AR", indicating they are holding up a pub instead.

Chris McFeely at 12:40, 26 March 2018

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	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*To get specific on why this story cannot fit into the larger Marvel continuity, though ''most'' of the 1985 characters seen in it (Tracks, Hoist, and Grapple) would be introduced into the comic in [[Rock and Roll-Out!\|UK issue #53]], Cosmos would not join Optimus Prime's Autobot forces until [[Resurrection!\|UK issue #103]], which was at a point in time after Rumble had already gone offline at the hands of [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]] in [[Command Performances!\|UK issue #71]]. Additionally, outside of a questionable one-panel cameo in [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|UK issue #30]], Inferno was never shown to be part of Optimus's Autobot forces on Earth.		*To get specific on why this story cannot fit into the larger Marvel continuity, though ''most'' of the 1985 characters seen in it (Tracks, Hoist, and Grapple) would be introduced into the comic in [[Rock and Roll-Out!\|UK issue #53]], Cosmos would not join Optimus Prime's Autobot forces until [[Resurrection!\|UK issue #103]], which was at a point in time after Rumble had already gone offline at the hands of [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]] in [[Command Performances!\|UK issue #71]]. Additionally, outside of a questionable one-panel cameo in [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|UK issue #30]], Inferno was never shown to be part of Optimus's Autobot forces on Earth.
	*[[Transformers Annual ~~1987~~\|The following year's annual]] would contain a sequel to "Missing in Action," entitled "[[The Return of the Transformers]]," in which Danny Phillips would reappear. That story dates "Missing in Action" to around a year prior to the creation of the [[Aerialbot (G1)\|Aerialbots]] (which took place in [[Aerialbots over America!\|UK issue #89]]), which would be a point of time at which none of the 1985 characters were active in the comics, further validating the idea that the story cannot possibly be part of UK continuity.		*[[Transformers Annual 1986\|The following year's annual]] would contain a sequel to "Missing in Action," entitled "[[The Return of the Transformers]]," in which Danny Phillips would reappear. That story dates "Missing in Action" to around a year prior to the creation of the [[Aerialbot (G1)\|Aerialbots]] (which took place in [[Aerialbots over America!\|UK issue #89]]), which would be a point of time at which none of the 1985 characters were active in the comics, further validating the idea that the story cannot possibly be part of UK continuity.

	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===

Chris McFeely at 12:18, 26 March 2018

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	\|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual ~~1986~~]]		\|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual 1985]]
	\|prev=Plague of the Insecticons!		\|prev=Plague of the Insecticons!
	\|next=And There Shall Come...a Leader!		\|next=And There Shall Come...a Leader!
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	\|caption=Rumble penetrates Tracks.<br/>No innuendo intended.		\|caption=Rumble penetrates Tracks.<br/>No innuendo intended.
	\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] in association with [[Grandreams]]		\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] in association with [[Grandreams]]
	\|date=~~December~~ [[1985]]		\|date=Late [[1985]]
	\|coverdate=[[~~1986~~]]		\|coverdate=[[1985]]
	\|writer=[[James Hill]] (uncredited)		\|writer=[[James Hill]] (uncredited)
	\|illustrator=[[John Stokes]] (uncredited)		\|illustrator=[[John Stokes]] (uncredited)
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	===Cover===		===Cover===
	*'''Transformers Annual ~~1986~~:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], Jazz, Optimus Prime and [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]]. Artist unknown.		*'''Transformers Annual 1985:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], Jazz, Optimus Prime and [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]]. Artist unknown.
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Transformers annual 1986.jpg\|'''Hardcover'''		File:Transformers annual 1986.jpg\|'''Hardcover'''

Saix at 20:03, 2 December 2017

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	*[[Jennifer Phillips]] (13)		*[[Jennifer Phillips]] (13)
	}}		}}

	~~==Quotes==~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Chris McFeely: /* Production notes */

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	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*As with most of the other stories included in the first Transformers Annual, "Missing in Action" was written largely to promote toys from the 1985 assortment currently available in stores that had not yet appeared in the ongoing comic, without regard for how it would fit into the larger UK comic continuity. By writer [[James Hill]]'s recollection, as recounted in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1\|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]], both it and "[[Hunted!]]" were written early in 1985, long before the 1985 characters featured in this story would be properly introduced by the US comic. Hill rationalized the appearance of these characters at the time with the presumption that "there was no reason why a few more Autobots couldn't be salted away in the bowels of [the Ark]," to be used as needed by stories.		*As with most of the other stories included in the first Transformers Annual, "Missing in Action" was written largely to promote toys from the 1985 assortment currently available in stores that had not yet appeared in the ongoing comic, without regard for how it would fit into the larger UK comic continuity. By writer [[James Hill]]'s recollection, as recounted in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1\|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]], both it and "[[Hunted!]]" were written early in 1985, long before the 1985 characters featured in this story would be properly introduced by the US comic. Hill rationalized the appearance of these characters at the time with the presumption that "there was no reason why a few more Autobots couldn't be salted away in the bowels of [the Ark]," to be used as needed by stories.
	*The artist for this story is uncredited, but a summary section included in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel\|Fallen Angel]]'' speculates that it is the work of [[John Stokes]].		*The artist for this story is uncredited, but a summary section included in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel\|Fallen Angel]]'' speculates that it is the work of [[John Stokes]], which Hill would confirm in his ''Classics UK'' interview.

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===

Chris McFeely: /* Continuity notes */

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	*To get specific on why this story cannot fit into the larger Marvel continuity, though ''most'' of the 1985 characters seen in it (Tracks, Hoist, and Grapple) would be introduced into the comic in [[Rock and Roll-Out!\|UK issue #53]], Cosmos would not join Optimus Prime's Autobot forces until [[Resurrection!\|UK issue #103]], which was at a point in time after Rumble had already gone offline at the hands of [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]] in [[Command Performances!\|UK issue #71]]. Additionally, outside of a questionable one-panel cameo in [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|UK issue #30]], Inferno was never shown to be part of Optimus's Autobot forces on Earth.		*To get specific on why this story cannot fit into the larger Marvel continuity, though ''most'' of the 1985 characters seen in it (Tracks, Hoist, and Grapple) would be introduced into the comic in [[Rock and Roll-Out!\|UK issue #53]], Cosmos would not join Optimus Prime's Autobot forces until [[Resurrection!\|UK issue #103]], which was at a point in time after Rumble had already gone offline at the hands of [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]] in [[Command Performances!\|UK issue #71]]. Additionally, outside of a questionable one-panel cameo in [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|UK issue #30]], Inferno was never shown to be part of Optimus's Autobot forces on Earth.
	*[[Transformers Annual 1987\|The following year's annual]] would contain a sequel to "Missing in Action," entitled "[[The Return of the Transformers]]," in which Danny Phillips would reappear. That story dates "Missing in Action" to around a year prior to the creation of the [[Aerialbot (G1)\|Aerialbots]] (which took place in [[Aerialbots over America!\|UK issue #89]]), which would be a point of time at which none of the 1985 characters were active in the comics, further validating the idea that the story cannot possibly be part of UK continuity.		*[[Transformers Annual 1987\|The following year's annual]] would contain a sequel to "Missing in Action," entitled "[[The Return of the Transformers]]," in which Danny Phillips would reappear. That story dates "Missing in Action" to around a year prior to the creation of the [[Aerialbot (G1)\|Aerialbots]] (which took place in [[Aerialbots over America!\|UK issue #89]]), which would be a point of time at which none of the 1985 characters were active in the comics, further validating the idea that the story cannot possibly be part of UK continuity.

			===Real-life references===
			*Hill notes in his interview in ''UK Classics'' that J.D. is named after the character of John "J.D." LaRue from the TV series ''{{w\|Hill Street Blues}}.''

	===Artwork and technical errors===		===Artwork and technical errors===

Chris McFeely at 15:40, 2 December 2017

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	\|date=December [[1985]]		\|date=December [[1985]]
	\|coverdate=[[1986]]		\|coverdate=[[1986]]
	\|writer=[[James Hill]]		\|writer=[[James Hill]] (uncredited)
			\|illustrator=[[John Stokes]] (uncredited)
	\|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]		\|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
	}}		}}